Anygamesearch.com Redirects - How to remove

Anygamesearch.com is a malicious website. If it shows up in your browser, it’s probably because of an associated extension called AnyGameSearch. AnyGameSearch replaces your search engine settings and reads your browsing and search history. It has no redeeming qualities and should be removed as soon as it’s discovered.

About Anygamesearch.com:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
How it works	It changes your default search engine to Feed.anygamesearch.com, it logs data about your browsing activity, it shows notification pop-ups.
How Anygamesearch.com spreads	Advertised online, bundled with other installers.
How to remove Anygamesearch.com	Uninstall unwanted browser extensions and restore default search engine settings, find and remove malware (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, others), block notifications from Anygamesearch.com.

How Anygamesearch.com affects the browser

You may have noticed your searches being redirected to Yahoo through Feed.anygamesearch.com. This happens if you have the AnyGameSearch extension installed on your browser.

Usually, browser extensions are supposed to add features and improve the functionality of your web browser (block ads, help you download videos, add night mode to websites). Not AnyGameSearch, though – all it does is hijack your default search engine and also spy on you. Nothing to do with games, by the way. It’s just a meaningless name.

Anygamesearch.com logs data as it watches you browse the internet:

• It logs your search terms.
• It reads browsing history, such as what ads you clicked on.
• It sees technical information, such as your internet service provider, language, etc.

The reason that Anygamesearch.com hijacks your searches is likely because it makes money from referring you to another search site. In addition, it may do something with the browsing data that it has access to (for example, sell it).

It’s possible that Anygamesearch.com also got access to your notifications and is now showing notification pop-ups on your screen.

How AnyGameSearch gets installed

So, how does such a useless browser extension get installed by anyone? Not intentionally, that’s for sure.

There is a type of misleading advertisement that is made to confuse people into believing that they have to install something to proceed. Let’s say you were trying to watch a movie online or download a file hosted on a file download site. You press whatever action button you need to, and a new page opens. It says something like “Download Ready”, “Ready: Install”, or simply “Continue”. It looks as if the site that you were just on is telling you to download something. Maybe it requires a browser extension to work?

No, it doesn’t – these pop-ups are nothing more than ads, same as the ads for gambling sites, get-rich-quick schemes, and MacKeeper pop-ups. They’re just made to look like real warnings, which confuses people and leads them to download harmful extensions.

The sites that show such ads don’t usually mind. They get money from these ads, after all.

Looking at the victims of Anygamesearch.com, PDF Converter HD Search, Pdfconverter-search.com, and others, they often say that they don’t know how the extension was installed or that they were told that it was required by a site.

It’s possible that another extension, a trojan, or a bundler installed AnyGameSearch for you. If this happened, then you should check what apps you have installed (especially recently) with an antivirus scanner if needed.

How to remove Anygamesearch.com

Remove the AnyGameSearch extension

There are only a few things to do to get rid of Anygamesearch.com:

• Remove all unwanted browser add-ons.
• Check your computer for malware (and delete it if any is found).
• Block notifications from all unwanted sites.

I put the instructions for removing extensions at the bottom. You can do it in the settings or in the extension area to the right of your URL bar.

Besides removing AnyGameSearch, check your other extensions. Only allow those that you trust to remain installed.

Remove malware

Check your recently-installed programs and apps and scan your computer with an anti-malware program, such as Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and others. And if anything suspicious is found, consider removing it.

Block notifications

If needed (if Anygamesearch.com or another site is showing you pop-up boxes in your browser), block notifications:

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• Edge (Chromium) – type “edge://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Firefox – open Settings, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.

Next to each suspicious site, there’s a button that you can click and then select the option to Block the site.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted extensions

TopHow To remove Anygamesearch.com Redirects from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Anygamesearch.com Redirects, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Anygamesearch.com Redirects from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Anygamesearch.com, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Anygamesearch.com Redirects from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Anygamesearch.com Redirects related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Anygamesearch.com Redirects, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.